Quotes by Jon Deeble

“Its the biggest baseball tournament ever.”

“The players have got something really big to play for, too, on top of winning the shield. But there are going to be guys who are automatic selections because of who they are.”

“Its going to be tough.”

“Having someone like him around, other players sort of raise their playing. Thats the impact of just having him around. Hes a big leader and a great influence on the younger players.”

“I thought we pitched well. We just needed a hit when we had runners on base. We made one bad pitch and that cost us.”

“Oh, yeah, you should see him. But, then you should see him pitch.”

“You need to nibble around the edges with these guys and we did make quality pitches when we had to, with runners on base.”

“I think this was great for Australian baseball. Its another step from the Olympics. Hopefully, we get invited back to the next one and hopefully we can, instead of losing by two, maybe we can win by two.”

“I think we got respect and credibility so it can only help our program in Australia. And were young in this game of baseball but I think our guys really took it up to them. Thats an All-Star line-up out there.”

“He obviously swings the bat well, he throws well and hes pretty good at catching.”